Rope-socket



(No Model.)

T J. H. BANSER.

ROPE SOCKET.

No. 3105160. Patented Jan. 6, 1885.

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NITE STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

JOHN I-IENEEY BAN SEB, OF NORTH CLARENDON, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROPE-SOCKET.

SPECIPICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 810,360, dated January6, 1885.

(N0 model.)

To all 2071/0712, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OIIN H. BANSER, of North Clarendon, in the countyof \Varren and State of, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Rope-Sock ets, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to sockets for holding the rope by which thedrill used in boring oil and other wells is raised and lowered; and itconsists in a clamping rope-socket of novel construction,wherebyincreased facility is afforded for coupling and uncoupling, allas hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents an exterior longitudinal view of a rope-socketembodying my invention; Fig. 2, a mainly longitudinal section of thesame, with a piece of rope as held by the socket; Fig. 3, a transversesection on the line y 3 in Fig. 2, and Fig. at a transverse section onthe line 2 z in said Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an interior longitudinal View ofone of the clamps used in the socket detached.

A indicates the rope-holding portion of the socket, and B the tool ordrill stock part, which screws into the part A, as at b, and has aninner end pinextension, c, with which, as by lips and groove d 6, twoclamps or separate sections, 0 C, ol"alongitudinally-divided tubularclamp engage. This clamp, which may or may not have screw-threads on itsexterior, is of tapering construction externally for the greater portionof its lcngth,corresponding to the tapering construction of a portion,f,of the interior of the part A, which it fits, and is also ofcorresponding taper, or approximately so, on its inside, to take itshold on the rope D, and is furthermore provided internally with annularribs 9, to prevent the rope from slipping. The rope D where it entersthe tapering portion of the socket A, and between the clamp-sections OO, is covered with a cord wrap, h, to give it an enlarged or in creasedsurface, and secure a more effective grip. Upon screwing the parts A andB together,and upon strain coming on the rope D, the inside and outsidetapering construction of the clamp-section G O and tapering constructionof the part f of the socket portion A will cause said clamp-sections tocrowd on the rope, and secure such a firm grip that it will be foundimpossible to pull out the rope, and only on unscrewing the partA andBcan the rope, with the clainp sections O C, be drawn out from the largeend of the socket. The rope is readily inserted to its place whenrequired, and effectually secured by the screwing of the parts A and Btogether, and the coupling or uncoupling is in a measure automatic-thatis, the screwing and unscrewing of the parts A and 13 together or fromone another serve to secure or release the hold of the socket on therope, doing away with all rivet; ing or other like means of fastening,and saving both time and labor.

I am aware that a rope-socket composed of a tapering divided clamphaving inwardlyprojecting teeth and a tapering socket in which saidclamp is held is old, and I therefore do not claim such invention.

Having thus described my inventiond claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. The combination, with a tapering socket, of a taperingdivided clamp having one end provided with inwardly-projecting lips, anda tool-holder provided with a headed extension engaging the lips of theclamp, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the tapering socket A, of the tapering dividedclamp 0, provided with the lips d and the ribs g, and the tool-holder B,provided with the headed ex tension 0 a, substantially as herein shownand described.

JOHN HENIKEY BANSER.

XVitnesses:

XV. E. RALSTON, A. E. JACKSON.

